Private Lessons

I teach all levels - Beginner to Advanced.

Depending on your level of playing and what you wish to learn, a customized lesson plan will be created to help you achieve your goals!

Sessions are $35 per hour or $30 per hour (2 hr. min.) - your house or mine, within central Florida.

If you don't own a mountain dulcimer, a loaner can be provided. I'm a laid-back and encouraging teacher who gets quick results with any student!

Call me at (407) 342-1447 to inquire about setting up mountain dulcimer lessons for you or someone that you love!

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School Programs - Presentations of Folk Music

Just a few of my dulcimer workshops!

(always looking for suggestions)

 

I Got Those Mountain Dulcimer Blues -
Woke up this mornin', all my dulcimer played was the blues
woke up this morning', all my dulcimer played was the blues
I'll give you chords, scales, licks and rhythms
for playing the blues, you'll want to use!
Intermediate to Advanced.

Mountain Dulcimer Boot Camp - ALRIGHT, LISTEN UP, RECRUITS! Just kidding. But this will be a hardcore session of exercises involving rhythms, strums, major and minor scales, hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, accents, harmonics and finally, YIKES!, improvisation. Intermediate to Advanced

Beginning Mountain Dulcimer With Bing - Get to know the mountain dulcimer and what you can do with it. Covers the basics of picks, strums, strings, tuning, scales, tablature and more! Beginners.

Primal Mountain Dulcimer - This workshop is about getting spirit, mind and body ready to work together for a simple approach to playing mountain dulcimer. Relaxation and breathing techniques, visualizations as well as affirmations are taught along with basic rhythm and scale exercises that help you define your own unique sound. Beginners to Advanced.

Three Irish Ballads - Learn three lovely Irish ballads while incorporating playing techniques such as slides, turnarounds, hammer-ons, pull-offs and vibrato to add expression! 90 minute workshop with an endless repertoire of tunes. Intermediate to Advanced.

Flatpicking Fun - Pick melodies across the strngs and learn the secrets of playing "inside the box" with scale exercises and a focus on pick direction, finger placement with pick/strum techniques. We'll work on a couple of fiddle tunes to practice. Intermediate to Advanced.

Get Rhythm! - The heartbeat of nearly every tune is its rhythm. In this workshop, we'll cover fundamental aspects of groove, from counting beats and exercises designed to get you strumming fluently to mixing and matching poly-rhythms and incorporating stops, accents, mutes and strum variations to create vibrant and dramatic percussion as you play! Intermediate to Advanced.

Seven Modes For Seven Dulcimers! - Explore seven modal tunings that will turn your dulcimer into seven different instruments! Tuning down into Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian modes and also using a capo to effortlessly play in seven different keys! Capo required. Beginners to Advanced.

Jamming Without A Net - Learn how to jam by the seat of your pants with confidence! How to play tunes that you don't know. Rhythm and melody creation, harmony, counter-point, chops and arrangement suport are all covered in this workshop that focuses on improvisational skills. Capo required. Intermediate to Advanced.

Adventures In Ionian! - Get familiar with the DAA tuning or explore new territories within this versatile mode. Deeper drones and fuller chords lead the way into a more traditional tuning as we learn chord shapes, harmony building and gorgeous tri-tone melodies. Yes, DAA and DAD can play together happily! Beginners to Advanced.

Songwriting Crash Course I (Beginners) - Covers song basics such as chord progressions, melody, arranging and lyric-writing. By the end of this class, you will have written your own original song!

Songwriting Crash Course II (Intermediate) - For songwriters now looking to make the next step. Goes over the basics of tablature and standard music notation. Re-writing and fleshing out first drafts, incorporating harmony and counter-point, performance approaches and recording tips.

Project Studio/Home Recording- Anyone with a laptop and decent software can record their music at home or on the road. Workshop will cover set-up, audio interfaces, microphone placement, engineering tips, using plug-ins and effects, mixing and equalization. (Pre-registration required - must own laptop and functional recording software with microphone, headphones and audio interface.) Beginners To Advanced.

Online Real-Time Video Lessons

Can't make it out to a festival for workshops? I also do private lessons (your house or mine) in the state of Florida as well as online real-time video lessons. Click to read more!

(For workshop and performance scheduling, click here.)